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12 Book-To-Screen Adaptations to Watch in 2017

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Good riddance, 2016! Hello, 2017, with your long list of book-to-screen adaptations that I cannot wait to see. Here are twelve movies or tv shows based on books that we’ll get to watch in the coming year. hidden-figures-yreHidden Figures, movie Based on Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parson, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge Synopsis: A team of African-American women provide NASA with important mathematical data needed to launch the program’s first successful space missions. (from IMDB) Premieres: January 6, 2017. Official Site  the bad beginningLemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, Netflix series Based on A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Joan Cusack, Usman Ally Synopsis: The orphaned Baudelaire children face trials, tribulations and the evil Count Olaf, all in their quest to uncover the secret of their parents’ death. (from Netflix) Premieres: January 13, 2017. Official Site same kind of different as meSame Kind of Different as Me, movie Based on: Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall, Denver Moore, and Lynn Vincent Starring: Renée Zellweger, Jon Voight, Djimon Hounsou, Greg Kinnear Synopsis: International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives. (from IMDB) Premieres: February 3, 2017. Link Big Little Lies by Liane MoriartyBig Little Lies, HBO Miniseries Based on: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty Starring: Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Alexander Skarsgård, Shailene Woodley, Zoë Kravitz and more. Synopsis: Things take a dark turn for a group of moms whose perfect lives begin to unravel. (from IMDB) Read more and watch the trailer. Premieres: February 19, 2017. Official Site before i fallBefore I Fall, movie Based on: Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver Starring: Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, Jennifer Beals Synopsis: February 12 is just another day in Sam’s charmed life until it turns out to be her last. Stuck reliving her last day over one inexplicable week, Sam untangles the mystery around her death and discovers everything she’s in danger of losing. (from IMDB) Premieres: March 3, 2017. Official Twitter Wonder by R.J. PalacioWonder, movie Based on: Wonder by RJ Palacio Starring: Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Mandy Patinkin, Jacon Tremblay, Daveed Diggs Synopsis: A young boy born with a facial deformity is destined to fit in at a new school, and to make everyone understand he’s just another ordinary kid, and that beauty isn’t skin deep. (from IMDB) Premieres: March 3, 2017. Link  Everything, Everything by Nicola YoonEverything, Everything, movie Based on: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon Starring Nick Robinson and Amandla Stenberg. Synopsis: A teenager who’s lived a sheltered life because she’s allergic to everything, falls for the boy who moves in next door. (from IMDB) Premieres: May 19, 2017. Link   Captain underpants coverCaptain Underpants, movie Based on: Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey Starring: Kevin Hart, Nick Kroll, Kristen Schaal Synopsis: Two mischievous kids hypnotize their mean high school principal and turn him into their comic book creation, the kind-hearted and elastic-banded Captain Underpants. (from IMDB) Premieres: June 2, 2017. Link darktowerThe Dark Tower, movie Based on the Dark Tower series by Stephen King Starring: Idris Alba, Matthew McConaughey, Katheryn Winnick Synopsis: Gunslinger Roland Deschain roams an Old West-like landscape in search of the dark tower, in the hopes that reaching it will preserve his dying world. (from IMDB) Premieres: July 28, 2017. Link American Gods by Neil GaimanAmerican Gods, Starz series Based on: American Gods by Neil Gaiman Starring: Ricky Whittle, Orlando Jones, Crispin Glover, Gillian Anderson, Dane Cook, Ian McShane Synopsis: A recently released ex-convict named Shadow meets a mysterious man who calls himself “Wednesday” and who knows more than he first seems to about Shadow’s life and past. (from IMDB) Premieres: 2017, TBD. Official Site Ten by Gretchen McNeilTen, movie Based on: Ten by Gretchen McNeil Starring: Rome Flynn, China McClain, Cassidy Gifford Synopsis: A modern take on Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, about an exclusive private island house party that turns dark and twisted after the discovery of a DVD with a sinister message: Vengeance is mine. Premieres: 2017, TBD between shades of gray by ruta sepetysAshes in the Snow, movie Based on: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys Starring: Sophie Cookson, Martin Wallström, Bel Powley Synopsis: In 1941, an aspiring artist and her family are deported to Siberia amidst Stalin’s brutal dismantling of the Baltic region. In a seemingly hopeless place, love is the only means of survival. (from IMDB) Premieres: 2017, TBD. Link